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Released: June 13, 2018

What’s in a name? Consumer Bureau to find out

Next week, President Trump is expected to nominate a replacement for Mr. Mulvaney, the director of the Office of Management and Budget who has been acting head of the consumer bureau since late last year. Mr. Mulvaney, a former congressman from South Carolina, has relished curbing the agency’s power—curtailing its enforcement activity, easing up on payday lenders and urging the agency’s career staff to be more humble in their efforts to protect consumers.